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The Imperative in Spoken Finnish

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2026

Thomas A. Sebeok*
Affiliation:
Indiana University

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In spoken Finnish the imperative mode occurs in the 2d person singular, the 1st person plural, and the 2d person plural. In each form it is marked by one or more suffixes, and in spoken Finnish exhibits certain interesting features presenting a different picture from the one found in Finnish grammars, which do not generally deal with the colloquial forms.

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Copyright © 1944 Linguistic Society of America

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